Tag: shell

This is quite an undocumented feature, here is how it works:

Show login screen (without logging out):

#!/bin/bash
# Show the login screen (without logging out)
#
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/System/Library/CoreServices/Menu\ Extras/User.menu/Contents/Resources/CGSession -suspend

Switch current user (replace 501 with the correct UID):

#!/bin/bash
# Switch to another user without logging out - replace 501 with the uid of the user you switch to
#
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/System/Library/CoreServices/Menu\ Extras/User.menu/Contents/Resources/CGSession -switchToUserID 501

Via Shell this way:

#!/bin/bash
# Toggle Finder showing hidden files
#
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value=`defaults read com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles`
if [ $value == "TRUE" ]
then
  defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE
else
  defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
fi
	
killall Finder
exit 0

When editing text or code it is quite often very useful to jump to the beginning or the end of a line, or to move the cursor one page up or down..
Unfortunately the keys dedicated to this task (home/end/pageup/pagedown on a windows-pc) have got a different meaning on a mac: Page up/down scroll one page up/down – without moving the caret (cursor), home/end move to the beginning/end of a document – also without moving the insertion point.

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